Mahlon

A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning sickness, weakness.

Babies a year
36
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mahlon by the numbers

Mahlon was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 95 babies in 1919, making it a 1910s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mahlon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marlonlittle hammer; a form of Marlon290 in the US (2017)
  • Malon8 in the US (2017)
  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
  • Maxtongreatest stone; a form of Maxon374 in the US (2017)
  • Maysonstone worker; a respelling of Mason288 in the US (2017)
  • Maisonstone worker; a modern respelling of Mason274 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mahlon

Names that are said the same way as Mahlon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Malonedescendant of the servant of john7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Malan7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mahlon

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